Hendricks v. Clemmons
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Geneva County Court. Heard before Hon. P. N. Hickman. Action by Lydia Clemmons against George H. Hendricks. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals.
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Appeal from Geneva County Court. Heard before Hon. P. N. Hickman. Action by Lydia Clemmons against George H. Hendricks. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals. Under the facts in this case the mother acquisced in the contract made by the son and cannot recover. — R. C. P. & G. R. R. Co. v. Moon, 66 Ark. 413; Nixon v. Spencer, 16 Iowa, 214; Gayle v. Parrott, 1 N. H. 28; Campbell v. Campbell, 11 N. J. Eq. 268; Whiting v. Earle, 3 Pick. 201. Under the facts testified to by the appellant the relation of hire existed between him and the minor; the mother was not a party to the agreement…
1Opinion of the CourtDowdell, J.
This is a suit oh the common counts, brought by the appellee, who was plaintiff in the court below, to recover of the defendant reasonable value for the services of her minor son, renderd by the latter to the defendant. The evidence discloses that the plaintiff’s son, who was a minor about 17 years of age, contracted Avith the defendant for the rent of a farm to be Avorked by him on a plan known and called “on halves”; that is to say, on a plan for an equal division of the crops raised on the land. The defendant was to furnish the land and team to cultivate the same, and plaintiff’s son to…
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